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Stanford receives $1.1 billion to found a Climate School

Oana Coșman

Stanford University, one of the most prestigious academic institutions of the world, has received a donation of 1.1 billion dollars meant to create a Climate School that is going to tackle subjects such as sustainability and climate change.

The donation was made by John Doerr, one of the most experienced and successful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

According to The New York Times, which cites information from the Chronicle of Higher Education, the donation is the largest ever to a university for the establishment of a new school, and is the second largest gift to an academic institution.

The new school will transform Stanford as one of the pillars for private, but also public, efforts to find new and sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels.

The New York Times states the fact that the school, which will function under the name of Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, will be a home to traditional academic departments related to topics such as planetary science, energy technology and food-and-water security. It will also feature several interdisciplinary institutes and a center focused on developing practical policy and technology solutions to the climate crisis.

“Climate and sustainability is going to be the new computer science”, said John Doerr, cited by The New York Times. The investor made an estimated $11.3 billion fortune investing in technology companies such as Google, Slack, and Amazon.

Oana Coșman

Editor start-up.ro și redactor-șef Green Start-Up, jurnalist cu o experiență de 17 ani în presa de business (Forbes România, Ziarul Financiar, Business Standard), print, online și video, călător avid și cu o pasiune pentru unicorni și fonduri de investiții, Oana urmărește îndeaproape antreprenorii din întreaga lume și descoperă poveștile lor.